Kehoe's I-5 expansion bill passes Senate

Sen. Christine Kehoe’s bill on the plan to expand Interstate 5 through North County has passed the Senate by a 24-15 vote and now head for the Assembly.

Senate Bill 468 calls on the state Department of Transportation to choose the least costly $3.3 billion option, which adds four carpool lanes, moves up the development of public transit and adds protections for the six coastal lagoons over which the highway crosses.

The proposed expansion would affect the highway from La Jolla to Oceanside and take 40 years to complete.